Hat-pin shield.



M. ALLABOUGH.

HAT PIN SHIELD.

APPLIUATION IILED IEB.18, 1011.

1,034,331. Y Patented July 30, 1912.

MARY ALLABOUG-I-I, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HAT-PIN SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1912.

Application filed February -18, 1911. Serial No. 609,299.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MARY ALLABOUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Shields, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shields and more particularly to shields for covering the points of hat pins and the like.

The object of the invention is the provision of a simple, cheaply constructed and effective device of this character which may be readily attached and detached from the points of hat pins so as to shield their points.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents an ordinary hat pin whose point 2 it is desired to protect. The shield comprises a substantially thimbleshaped member 3 of any suitable dimensions or material which is provided with a conical socket 4 and which has mounted therein a cork or other point receiving cushion 5. The shield proper is shown to be ornamented by engraving 6 and inset jewels 7, although any other ornamentation may be employed or the shield left plain. The walls of the socket frictionally bind upon the cushion and thereby hold the same in engagement with the shield. The shield 3 is provided with a plurality of slots 8 arranged on diametrically opposite sides of the shield and passing through the slots is a ribbon 9 which is adapted to be attached in any suitable manner to a hat or the like so that when the shield is removed from the point of the pin, as by withdrawing the pin from the hat, the shield will not become lost and will always be convenient for further use. The passage of the ribbon across the shield serves to hold a loose cork from displacement and offers no obstruction to the passage of the pin which may be inserted in the cushion at any point.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising. a point shield, a point receiving element therein, and means passing through the point shield for supporting the device upon a hat, said means arranged and adapted to hold the element against displacement.

2. A device of the class described comprising a thimble shaped point shield, a soft point receiving member therein, and flexible means passing across the point shield for holding the member against displacement, said means adapted to flexibly con: nect the shield to a ha 3. A device of the class described comprising a thimble shaped metallic point shield, a cork point receiving element seated in the shield and adapted to receive and frictionally hold the device upon the point of a pin, said shield having its sides slotted adjacent its forward end and a ribbon passed through the slots and across the shield and adapted to be secured upon a hat said ribbon adapted to hold the point receiving element in the shield. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY ALLABOUGH.

Witnesses:

LESLIE V. HORN, E. D. BUSH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

